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Does anyone know if tank raised Clown Loach will live up to 50 years like wild caught? Anyone keeping Tank Raised clown loach that currently live up to 20+ years?

Tank raised Clown loaches are relatively new. Given that they haven't been around for 20 years, no one will have 20 year old tank raised clowns. It's possible a breeder that was working on breeding clowns in a tank may have some but I doubt they are reading the forum.

I don't know the answer to your question. But, if I were trying to find the answer I would look at other fish that have been wild caught vs tank raised that have been around a long time to give you a reference point of lifespan of tank raised vs wild caught.

In theory tank raised may do better do to their hopefully less parasite load.

I have about 20 tank raised clowns that I've had for 10+ years. They seem a bit small or stunted compared to my large wild caught clowns. Whether thats due to enviroment or dna, who knows? I expect them to live just as long.

My fish have been tank raised from approximately 1 year old up to 22 years old.

I say tank raised as to me this means raised in a tank. Sorry to put it bluntly but that is clear to me.

I believe they came from the wild and were not captive bred.

I have seen captive bred fish and they were not pretty to me. They appeared misshapen and the stripe patterns were not consistent.

I know of nobody with Clown Loaches of 50 years old.

From my research I find that they very rarely reach into their 20s.

I am in touch with a couple of people who claim to have Clown Loaches older than mine. There are not many around.

How many owners are you in touch with that have Clown Loaches of this age and do you have their contact details so I can converse with them please?

There's a guy i know here selling fish at his house and he have 5 clown loaches 18 years old. They're about 7-10 inches. I was very amaze to see them big, very active, and didn't lose their color.